The Poet and the Tsar
1927, Russian. Directed by Vladimir Gardin & Yevgeni Chervyakov.
Tsar Nicholas I is enamoured by Natalia, the wife of Alexander Pushkin. To cover his tracks, the tsar encourages the suit of Georges d'Anthès, a French officer, with the help of Count Alexander von Benckendorff. Pushkin hears rumours of D’Anthès’s love for his wife and challenges him to a duel.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Vladimir GardinDirector
- Yevgeni ChervyakovDirector
- Yevgeni ChervyakovAleksandr Pushkin
- Irina VolodkoNatalie Pushkina
- Konstantin KareninNikolas the I'st
- Boris TamarinBaron Dantes
- Leonid TkachyovVyasemskiy
- Aleksandr LarikovNikita
- Ivan KhudoleyevBaron Benkendorf
- Aleksei FeonaZhukovskiy
- Gennadi MichurinDanzas
- Ivan LerskiyBulgarin
- Yevgeni BoronikhinDal
- Zoya ValevskayaPoletika
Details
- Released
- 20 September 1927
- Original title
- Поэт и царь
- Country
- Soviet Union
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The Poet and the Tsar runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is The Poet and the Tsar on?
The Poet and the Tsar isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 September 1927. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Poet and the Tsar?
The Poet and the Tsar (1927) was directed by Vladimir Gardin and Yevgeni Chervyakov and stars Yevgeni Chervyakov, Irina Volodko, Konstantin Karenin.